- the
cranium in the 1960s, they are thus
considered a
distinct order,
Aegotheliformes. This, the
caprimulgiform lineage(s), and the Apodiformes, are postulated...
- (frogmouths),
Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds), as well as the
Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars)
whose distinctness was only
recently realized. The...
- Late
Quaternary prehistoric birds are
avian taxa that
became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Late
Pleistocene or
Early Holocene – and
before recorded...
-
Flightless birds are
birds that
cannot fly. They have,
through evolution, lost the
ability to fly.
There are over 60
extant species,
including the well-known...
-
during the day. Previously, all
members of the
orders Apodiformes,
Aegotheliformes, Nyctibiiformes, Podargiformes, and
Steatornithiformes were lumped...
-
Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars)
Apodiformes (swifts,
treeswifts and hummingbirds)...
-
Birds evolved from
certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and
there is no real
dividing line
between birds and non-avian
dinosaurs except that some of the...
-
Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars)
Apodiformes (hummingbirds & swifts)...
-
Aegotheliformes (owlet-nightjars)
Apodiformes (swifts,
treeswifts and hummingbirds)...
- Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class: Aves Clade:
Strisores Order:
Aegotheliformes Family:
Aegothelidae Genus:
Aegotheles Species: A. crinifrons Binomial...
